John B. Sardi, President and CEO

Phone: (408) 654-9500 ext. 305

John B. Sardi is founder of SPEC Equipment Corporation, the global remanufacturer of semiconductor equipment specializing in performance enhancements and upgrades to legacy process equipment. John is a veteran executive, spending more than 45 years in the semiconductor industry and working with the world's largest semiconductor and chip manufacturers.

Prior to founding SPEC in 1998, John spent over a decade as a top-level executive and manufacturer's rep for name brand, new and refurbished semiconductor manufacturing equipment. As Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Asyst Technologies, he was responsible for the introduction and distribution of standard mechanical interface (SMIF) products-today the industry standard for wafer transportation and movement. While Vice President of Sales at MTI, John was responsible primarily for lithography equipment that provided coating, development, etch, clean and strip. Additionally, John held positions in equipment engineering and maintenance for IBM and Cogar Corporation in New York. John began his career as a Navy officer where he earned his certification as an electrician.

David A. Sardi, Vice President of Sales

Phone: (408) 654-9500 ext. 305

David has more than 18 years of experience in the semiconductor equipment industry, specializing in front-end process equipment for name brand semiconductor manufacturing companies.

In 1998, after seeing a shift in customer needs, David co-founded SPEC Equipment -- a secondary semiconductor capital assets company in the Silicon Valley. Responsible for sales and operations, David oversees the sales of front-end process equipment that meet original manufacturer's specifications for corporations, start-ups and universities.

Today, with more than 25 employees and two facilities on the East & West coasts, SPEC is a respected global leader in the sales & service of new and remanufactured GaSonics, KLA-Tencor, ADE and Karl Suss equipment.

Before founding SPEC, David spent several years as Sales Manager for Universal Systems, a Wet Process Equipment Manufacturer owned by Trio-Tech International. He also spent time Sales Engineer representative, for leading front-end semiconductor equipment manufacturers.

Kyle Willis, Operations Manager

Phone: (408) 654-9500 ext. 314

Kyle Willis is the Operations Manager of SPEC Equipment. Mr. Willis has 17 years of semiconductor manufacturing, operations, and management experience. He was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force where he was an Internal Navigational Systems Technician.

Mr. Willis has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Prior to joining SPEC Equipment, he was employed by Optical Associates, Inc. as Product Manager for photolithography product lines. Mr. Willis was also previously employed by Suss MicroTec as a Product Specialist for photolithography and wafer bonding systems where he was responsible for following market trends and designing machines to meet those needs. Mr. Willis has completed MEMs programs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center.

John Oncay, GaSonics Project Manager

Phone: (408) 654-9500 ext. 317

John Oncay is the GaSonics Project Manager for SPEC Equipment. Mr. Oncay has over 38 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. His process and research experience includes diffusion, photolithography, plasma etching and ashing. He has also co-authored a number of various papers for Lam Research and GaSonics International for Semiconductor International Magazine.

Mr. Oncay's management and sales experience was obtained at Intersil, Advanced Micro Devices, Lam Research, Plasma Therm, GaSonics International, and Tegal. He studied semiconductor processing at Mission College.